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1) Philomena
Publisher
Anchor Bay Films
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1952, a young Philomena was sent the convent of Roscrea in Ireland, after giving birth to her first child. When her son became a toddler, the nuns sent him to America for adoption. Philomena then spent the next fifty years searching for him in vain.
2) Snapper
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Comedy about a close-knit, boisterous Irish family, and the commotion that follows the oldest daughter's announcement that she is pregnant. The whole town is thrown into a tizzy when she refuses to reveal the father's name.
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 537 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Contains three films written by Marcel Pagnol. Marius is a young man torn between his love for his family and his desire to move away from his Marseilles harbor, while Fanny, his shy lover, doesn't know how to hold Marius back to keep him near her. Cesar, Marius' father, does not know his son's intentions. When Marius leaves, Fanny discovers she is pregnant with his son, and struggles with the support of his family, to survive without him.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In Ireland in the 1960s, four women were sent to the Magdalene sisterhood asylum because of 'sinful' behavior. They all had to work in the laundry, where the strict nuns would break everyone's wills through sadistic punishment. Based on a true story.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c[2009]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (466 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 p. ; 18 cm.)
Description
Six films made before the Production Code. In 1934, Hollywood was turned upside down by the enforcement of a strict "Production Code" that would change the way movies were made for the next 34 years. But during the "pre-Code" period (1929-1934), censorship barely existed and filmmakers had free rein to make the movies they wanted and the public demanded. No subject was taboo including adultery, murder or sex.
The cheat: Tallulah Bankhead plays a...
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A proud Irish servant girl rebels against her strict upbringing by having love affairs with two brothers at the same time. Sarah and the brothers risk happiness, reputation, and safety for their daring love.
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